§723Σπάρτην ἔλαχες, κείνην κόσμει· τὰς δὲ Μυκήνας ἡμεῖς ἰδίᾳ.
Sparta is your lot, adorn her; and as for Mycenae, we shall rule it privately.
§724πριστοῖσι λόγχης θέλγεται ῥινήμασιν
He is soothed by the filed shavings of the spear.
ambush food wine-cooler I spit upon the most hateful offspring of a hated man.
§728φιλεῖ τοι πόλεμος οὐ πάντων τυχεῖν,
ἐσθλῶν δὲ χαίρει πτώμασιν νεανιῶν,
κακοὺς δὲ μισεῖ.
Indeed, war is not wont to claim all, but rejoices in the falls of noble youths, and hates the wicked.
τῇ πόλει μὲν οὖν νόσος
τόδ’ ἐστί, τοῖς δὲ κατθανοῦσιν εὐκλεές.
Therefore this is a disease for the city, but glorious for those who die.
§729εἰκὸς δὲ παντὶ καὶ λόγῳ καὶ μηχανῇ
πατρίδος ἐρῶντας ἐκπονεῖν σωτηρίαν.
And it is fitting for those who love their fatherland to work out its salvation by every word and means.
§730ἅπασα Πελοπόννησος εὐτυχεῖ πόλις.
The whole of Peloponnese is a fortunate city.
§731οὐκ ἔστι κρεῖσσον ἄλλο πλὴν κρατεῖν δορί.
There is nothing better than to conquer with the spear.
§732ῥώμη δέ τ’ ἀμαθὴς πολλάκις τίκτει βλάβην.
And ignorant strength often breeds harm.
§733τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισι κατθανεῖν μένει.
To all men death is waiting.
κοινὸν δ’ ἔχοντες αὐτὸ κοινὰ πάσχομεν
πάντες· τὸ γὰρ χρεὼν μεῖζον ἢ τὸ μὴ χρεών.
Holding this in common, we all suffer common things; for what must be is greater than what must not be.
§734ἀρετὴ δὲ κἂν θάνῃ τις οὐκ ἀπόλλυται,
ζῇ δ’ οὐκέτ’ ὄντος σώματος· κακοῖσι δὲ
ἅπαντα φροῦδα συνθανόνθ’ ὑπὸ χθονός.
But virtue, even if one dies, does not perish, but lives when the body is no more; whereas for the wicked, all things vanish, dying along with them beneath the earth.
§735ἀσύνετος ὅστις ἐν φόβῳ μὲν ἀσθενής,
λαβὼν δὲ μικρὸν τῆς τύχης φρονεῖ μέγα.
Senseless is he who is weak in fear, but having received a small favor from fortune, thinks high thoughts.
§736ὡς σκαιὸς ἁνὴρ καὶ ξένοισιν ἄξενος
καὶ μνημονεύων οὐδὲν ὧν ἐχρῆν φίλου.
How clumsy is the man, inhospitable even to guests, and remembering nothing of what a friend ought to do.
σπάνιον ἄρ’ ἦν θανοῦσιν ἀσφαλεῖς φίλοι,
κἂν ὁμόθεν ὦσι· τὸ γὰρ ἔχειν πλέον κρατεῖ
τῆς εὐσεβείας· ἡ δ’ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς χάρις
ἀπόλωλ’, ὅταν τις ἐκ δόμων ἀνὴρ θάνῃ.
Rare indeed, then, are reliable friends to the dead, even if they are of the same blood; for possession prevails more than piety, and the grace in one's eyes is lost once a man dies and leaves his house.
§737καλόν γ’ ἀληθὴς κἀτενὴς παρρησία.
A beautiful thing indeed is true and steadfast frankness.
§738πολλοὶ γεγῶτες ἄνδρες οὐκ ἔχουσ’ ὅπως
δείξουσιν αὑτοὺς τῶν κακῶν ἐξουσίᾳ.
Many men, though they are such, have no way to show themselves when bad things are in power.
§739φεῦ φεῦ, τὸ φῦναι πατρὸς εὐγενοῦς ἄπο
ὅσην ἔχει φρόνησιν ἀξίωμά τε.
Alas, how much wisdom and dignity comes from being born of a noble father!
κἂν γὰρ πένης ὢν τυγχάνῃ, χρηστὸς γεγὼς
τιμὴν ἔχει τιν’, ἀναμετρούμενος δέ πως
τὸ τοῦ πατρὸς γενναῖον ὠφελεῖ τρόπῳ. §740. . . . . .
For even if one happens to be poor, if he is of good birth, he holds a certain honor, and by measuring somehow the nobility of his father, he benefits in his character.
ἦλθεν δ’
ἐπὶ χρυσόκερων ἔλαφον, μεγάλων
ἄθλων ἕνα δεινὸν ὑποστάς,
κατ’ ἔναυλ’ ὀρέων ἀβάτους ἐπί τε
λειμῶνας ποίμνιά τ’ ἄλση.
...and he went after the golden-horned hind, having undertaken a terrible one of his great labors, along the mountain torrents, and onto untrodden meadows and pasturing groves.
§742ἄλλη πρὸς ἄλλο γαῖα χρησιμωτέρα.
Different land is more useful for different purposes.
§743τὸ δὲ στρατηγεῖν τοῦτ’ ἐγὼ κρίνω, καλῶς
γνῶναι τὸν ἐχθρὸν ᾗ μάλισθ’ ἁλώσιμος.
And as for being a general, I judge it to be this: to know well where the enemy is most vulnerable.
§744ἄρξεις ἄρ’ οὕτω· χρὴ δὲ τὸν στρατηλάτην
ὁμῶς δίκαιον ὄντα ποιμαίνειν στρατόν.
Thus indeed you shall rule; but it is necessary for the commander, being equally just, to shepherd the army.
§745τολμᾶν δὲ χρεών· ὁ γὰρ ἐν καιρῷ
μόχθος πολλὴν εὐδαιμονίαν
τίκτει θνητοῖσι τελευτῶν.
And one must dare; for timely labor, in the end, breeds great happiness for mortals.
§746αἰδὼς γὰρ ὀργῆς πλείον’ ὠφελεῖ βροτούς.
For respect benefits mortals more than anger.
§747αἰσίως §748ἀνανομήν §749ἄπυργος §750κατηβολή §751σφακελισμός §752Διόνυσος, ὃς θύρσοισι καὶ νεβρῶν δοραῖς
καθαπτὸς ἐν πεύκαισι Παρνασὸν κάτα
πηδᾷ χορεύων παρθένοις σὺν Δελφίσιν
auspiciously re-distribution without towers laying down gangrene Dionysus, who clad in thyrsoi and fawns' skins, leaps dancing down Parnassus among the pines with the Delphian maidens.
§753δείξω μὲν Ἀργείοισιν Ἀχελῴου ῥόον
I shall show to the Argives the stream of Achelous.
§754ἕτερον ἐφ’ ἑτέρῳ αἰρόμενος
ἄγρευμ’ ἀνθέων ἡδομένα ψυχᾷ
τὸ νήπιον ἄπληστον ἔχων
picking up one after another the harvest of flowers with a rejoicing soul, having an insatiable childish desire.
along the twelve-pathed star Wrap your arms around me, my child.
§757ἅ γ’ οὖν παραινῶ, ταῦτά μου δέξαι, γύναι.
Accept from me, then, these counsels I advise, O woman.
ἔφυ μὲν οὐδεὶς ὅστις οὐ πονεῖ βροτῶν,
θάπτει τε τέκνα χἄτερ’ αὖ κτᾶται νέα,
αὐτός τε θνήσκει· καὶ τάδ’ ἄχθονται βροτοί,
εἰς γῆν φέροντες γῆν.
There is no mortal born who does not suffer; he buries children and gets new ones in turn, and dies himself; yet mortals grieve at these things, carrying earth to earth.
ἀναγκαίως δ’ ἔχει
βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν,
καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή·
It is necessary to harvest life like a fruitful ear of corn, and for one to be, and another not to be.
τί ταῦτα δεῖ
στένειν, ἅπερ δεῖ κατὰ φύσιν διεκπερᾶν;
Why must we lament these things, which we must pass through according to nature?
δεινὸν γὰρ οὐδὲν τῶν ἀναγκαίων βροτοῖς.
For nothing of necessity is terrible to mortals.
§758κακοῖς τὸ κέρδος τῆς δίκης ὑπέρτερον.
For the wicked, profit is superior to justice.
§759πρὸς τὰς φύσεις χρὴ καὶ τὰ πράγματα σκοπεῖν
καὶ τὰς διαίτας τῶν κακῶν τε κἀγαθῶν,
πειθὼ δὲ τοῖς μὲν σώφροσιν πολλὴν ἔχειν,
τοῖς μὴ δικαίοις δ’ οὐδὲ συμβάλλειν χρεών.
One must look to the natures, the actions, and the ways of life of both the wicked and the good, and hold great persuasion for the moderate, but one should not even associate with the unjust.
§760ἔξω γὰρ ὀργῆς πᾶς ἀνὴρ σοφώτερος. ·
For every man outside of anger is wiser.
§761ἄελπτον οὐδέν, πάντα δ’ ἐλπίζειν χρεών.
Nothing is unexpected; one must expect all things.
auspicious, safe, and sealed Or shall I tell it in another way?
§764ἰδού, πρὸς αἰθέρ’ ἐξαμίλλησαι κόρας
γραπτούς 〈τ’ ἐν αἰετ〉οῖσι πρόσβλεψον τύπους.
Look, raise your eyes in rivalry toward the ether, and look upon the painted figures in the pediments.
§765οἰνάνθα τρέφει τὸν ἱερὸν βότρυν
The vine-blossom nourishes the sacred cluster.
§766ἀναδρομαί §767ἄρκτος §768ἐκδημία §769κροταλισάσης §770νεαρός §771Μέροπι τῆσδ’ ἄνακτι γῆς,
ἣν ἐκ τεθρίππων ἁρμάτων πρώτην χθόνα
Ἥλιος ἀνίσχων χρυσέᾳ βάλλει φλογί.
shootings-up bear journey abroad having rattled youthful To Merops, ruler of this land, which first of all earth the rising Sun strikes with golden flame from his four-horse chariot.
καλοῦσι δ’ αὐτὴν γείτονες μελάμβροτοι
Ἕω φαεννὰς Ἡλίου θ’ ἱπποστάσεις.
And the black-skinned neighbors call it the radiant Dawn and the stables of the Sun.